The New Traditionalists (Traditional kilts, Modern looks)

[Ryan Ross]

99% of the time when I see a normal sportcoat or suit jacket worn with a kilt, it looks horrible.... You can just tell he garment was not meant to be worn with the kilt and it makes the outfit look sloppy. So I would not normally recommend it.

Then there is the 1% that proves that it is possible for a standard sportcoat to work with the kilt on occasion. And this outfit is in that 1%.

I'm not sure what makes this look alright to me, but I honestly think it might be the striped scarf!

I was thinking the exact same thing, even down to the possibility that the scarf might be what makes the coat work.

...that said, I'm really not sure either, but it certainly does work. Bravo, man!

[CMcG]

Here's a few of that might fit the bill. All are without a jacket or tie and use a limited palette of colours, except for the tartan.

My idea in the first is just dressing nicely but also according to the modern sense of relaxed formality. I'm wearing the New World Irish tartan (my own design) in acrylic:


At the pub with New Guise, casual but still taking it up a notch from just a tee shirt. 16 oz wool, 4 yard Douglas modern kilt:


This last one to me is a bit dressier because of the white shirt with a mandarin collar, which precludes the need for a tie. Maple Leaf tartan PV from Canadian Casual Kilts:

[iustus]

Great Thread Jamie.

I'll throw in some summer pictures from the Bay Area, when I was there...



Personally I am not comfortable going without hose or hose-tops. It is perhaps my own sense of living tradition. The pic above is a rather informal get up.



Little off center.

Here we have some post casual street piping... minus brown sandals. Like to dress up piping with the bonnet and keep the sun out of my eyes. Even if I'm practicing, I like to at least grab the Balmoral... my liturgical nature maybe.

The second pic, minus the bonnet is about as "low" as I would dress... something like what folks might sport as a jeans t-shirt casual. I know some feel the T-shirt is an undershirt, though in many contexts there is a difference between a undershirt and a t-shirt... the shirt itself being of a different quality and perhaps with a design.

I can remember in my teenage years hiking in Southern Delaware in the humid summer and going bare chested, but I don't think that really counts as "Dress"... incidentally, would not part with hose.


peace,
justin+

[saxandpipes]

Great Thread Jamie.

I'll throw in some summer pictures from the Bay Area, when I was there...



Personally I am not comfortable going without hose or hose-tops. It is perhaps my own sense of living tradition. The pic above is a rather informal get up.



Little off center.

Here we have some post casual street piping... minus brown sandals. Like to dress up piping with the bonnet and keep the sun out of my eyes. Even if I'm practicing, I like to at least grab the Balmoral... my liturgical nature maybe.

The second pic, minus the bonnet is about as "low" as I would dress... something like what folks might sport as a jeans t-shirt casual. I know some feel the T-shirt is an undershirt, though in many contexts there is a difference between a undershirt and a t-shirt... the shirt itself being of a different quality and perhaps with a design.

I can remember in my teenage years hiking in Southern Delaware in the humid summer and going bare chested, but I don't think that really counts as "Dress"... incidentally, would not part with hose.


peace,
justin+

I like this. Couldn't pull it off myself, but you have an individual style which I think seems very natural, especially paired with the kilt. Well done!

Cheers,

Michael